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Panthers' swimmer Long breaks school record
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Great Bend Panther Ellis Long placed third (2:03.38) in the WAC 200 freestyle. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez
Updated: Jan 25, 2022, 2:55 PM
Published: Jan 24, 2022, 8:07 PM

WICHITA — Great Bend Panther Ellis Long broke the Panther school record with a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.05) at Saturday's Wichita Heights Swimming Invitational. The Panthers scored 109 points to finish ninth.

The Panthers posted a season-best time (1:47.69) with a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with Tyler Stein, Long, Brody Feist and Beau Burkhart competing.  

The Panthers earned a third-place finish in th4 400-yard freestyle (3:47.71) with Feist, Kasey Kennedy, Long and Stein competing.

Stein placed seventh in the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.35).

WICHITA HEIGHTS INVITE

TEAM SCORES—1—Wichita Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 305; 2—Wichita Collegiate 214; 3—Andover Central 208; 4—Andover High 190; 5—Wichita Carroll 174; 6—Wichita Heights 165; Wichita East 165; 8—Olathe South 116; 9—Great Bend 109; 10—Wichita North 97; 11—Garden City 82; 12—Wichita Independent 80; 13—Wichita SE 73; 14—McPherson 69.5; 15—Newton 66; 16—Valley Center 55; 17—Wichita Trinity 46.5; 18—Winfield 23; 19—El Dorado 20

GREAT BEND RESULTS

200 freestyle relay—1—Wichita Collegiate, 1:30.87; 6—Great Bend, 1:38.51 (Ellis Long, Tyler Stein, Beau Burkhart, Brody Feist); GB B, 2:12.92 (Kaid Wagner, Trinten Medlock, A.J. Thurman, Ty Boone)

200 medley relay—1—KMC, 1:42.38; 6—Great Bend, *1:47.69 (Tyler Stein, Ellis Long, Brody Feist, Beau Burkhart); GB B, 2:33.07 (Kaid Wagner, A.J. Thurman, Ty Boone, Trinten Medlock)

400 freestyle relay—1—Collegiate, 3:22.06; 3—Great Bend, 3:47.71 (Brody Feist, Kasey Kennedy, Ellis Long, Tyler Stein)

50 freestyle—1—Yang, WC, 22.84; 7—Tyler Stein, 24.11; 25—Beau Burkhart, 26.57; 52—Ty Boone, 32.16 

100 backstroke—1—Jekov, Independent, 54.83; 7—Tyler Stein, 1:00.35; 28—Ty Boone, *1:16.43

100 breaststroke—1—Bell, Wichita East, 57.82; 5—Ellis Long, *1:03.05; 50—A.J. Thurman, 1:38.77

100 butterfly—1—Bell, Wichita East, 51.76; 15—Ellis Long, 1:04.69

100 freestyle—1—Sandid, WC, 48.03; 40—Beau Burkhart, 1:03.89; 46—Kaid Wagner, *1:09.4; 55—Trinten Medlock, *1:20.67

200 freestyle—1—Sandid, WC, 1:44.03; 12—Brody Feist, 2:06.53

200 IM—1—Janssen, Indy, 2:00.08

500 freestyle—1—Nguyen, AC, 4:56.95; 7—Brody Feist, *5:50.36





 
Larned softball sweeps Ellis
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Larned pitcher Karley Lemuz - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune
Published: Apr 7, 2025, 2:25 AM
Larned softball wins opener LARNED — Larned's softball team scored 39 runs to dominate the Ellis Railroaders 21-4 and 18-5 in Friday's doubleheader. LARNED 21, ELLIS 4 (G1) — Larned's Brooks Simmons tripled and drove home a trio of runs. Driving home a pair of runs were Eowyn Hedding, Maya Wilson, Teagan Walker, Jadyn Crosby and Jillian Hagerman. Hagerman and Karley Lemuz each doubled. Lemuz (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. The Indians took advantage of nine walks, seven errors, six wild pitches and two hit batters. Ellis' Maleah Vine drove home two runs. Rylan Aschenbrenner had an RBI LARNED 18, ELLIS 5 (G2) — Larned's Hedding doubled and drove in three runs. Walker and Hagerman each drove in two runs. Driving home one run were Lemuz, Brooke Simmins, Crosby, Ivy Hope and Gillian Smith. Crosby (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. Railroader Vine drove home two runs. Kia Mader and Raegan Jimenez drove in runs. Larned 010 938 — 21 15 1 Ellis 400 000 — 4 2 7 Lemuz and Brooke Simmons. Rome and Ashenbrenner. W—Lemuz, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-3. 2B—L—Hagerman, Lemuz. 3B—L—Brooke Simmons Larned 240 2(10) — 18 17 4 Ellis 00 14 — 5 6 2 Crosby and Hedding. Rome and Jimenez. W—Crosby, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-4. 2B—L—Hedding, Walker; E—Rome, Jimenez. 3B—L—Walker
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